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for draining purposes, to a utility pole; or placed upon any manhole cover; to or placed upon any water meter and/or water meter box; to traffic signals or traffic signs; to a bench; or to any other City-owned fixture. (d) No newsrack shall be placed, installed, used or maintained: (i) On any sidewalk or pedestrian path, or on a pedestrian- priority corridor or pedestrian-intensive area, where such placement will result in less than five (5) feet of clear area for pedestrian usage, measured from the face of the curb inward; or (ii) Within ten (10) feet of any marked crosswalk. (B) When in compliance with all the other provisions of this Ordinance, newsracks may only be placed at the following locations: (a) On sidewalks or improved pedestrian paths of intersecting side streets, but not within a site triangle, excepting that where a building already protrudes into the site triangle, newsracks may be placed flush with the building and set back from the building line sufficiently to avoid further intrusion into the line-of-site. (b) On sidewalks or improved pedestrian paths of intersecting side streets, and within a site triangle, if the newsracks do not exceed thirty (30) inches in height. (c) On sidewalks or pedestrian-priority areas or pedestrian-intensive areas where a five (5) foot clear sidewalk can be maintained. (d) Not more than one newsrack per publication containing the same issue or edition of the same publication shall be located on the same side of the street within 300 feet of the same publication. Provided, however, a distributor may locate newsracks in excess of this limitation bv demonstrating a public need for additional newsracks. (C) Subject to the criteria set forth in Section 5 below, newsracks may be placed on privately owned property with the consent of the property owner, in compliance with the provisions of these regulations. Section 5. Standards for Installation. Maintenance and Aooearance. Newsracks, which in whole or in part rest upon, in or over any public sidewalk or any public pedestrian path, shall comply with the following standards: (a) The City shall install newsracks placed or maintained on the public rights- of-way, sidewalk, pedestrian path or any other public property. The N ewsrack Ordinance4 9/5/02 -3:10 PM A:/HO /Disk 11A 6